{"id":360459,"date":"2020-09-04T09:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=360459"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:45:22","slug":"marc-goddard-was-honored-to-officiate-final-daniel-cormier-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/marc-goddard-was-honored-to-officiate-final-daniel-cormier-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Goddard: It was &#8220;an honor&#8221; to officiate final Daniel Cormier fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Referee Marc Goddard says it was an &#8220;honor&#8221; to officiate the last fight Daniel Cormier will ever compete in\u2014but that&#8217;s nothing new.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier, the former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, competed in his retirement fight in the UFC 252 main event in August, giving up a close decision in a bid to reclaim the UFC heavyweight title from Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Goddard was the third man in the Octagon that night, and was honored as always to play a part in such a historic fight.<\/p>\n<p id=\"FAgJDX\">\u201cIt\u2019s always an honor,\u201d Goddard told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/9\/4\/21419944\/marc-goddard-reflects-on-refereeing-daniel-cormiers-final-fight-importance-of-accountability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/9\/3\/21419397\/what-the-heck-episode-23-marc-goddard-osp-andrea-lee-sean-brady-mallory-martin-khama-worthy\"><em>What the Heck <\/em>podcast<\/a>. \u201cWithout sounding cliche, when you\u2019re officiating the biggest prizes in this sport, it\u2019s never taken lightly. Complacently doesn\u2019t creep in. For a fight of that magnitude, to be selected again was very comforting, very humbling and it\u2019s something I hold dear every time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cormier, a former Olympic wrestler, is widely considered one of the greatest fighters in MMA history, and is inarguably one of the best heavyweights ever. Goddard shares those opinions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6XDGvw\">\u201cThere\u2019s not many superlatives you can leave out to describe him,\u201d Goddard said of Cormier. \u201cThe guy has had an exemplary career, through his Olympic wrestling pedigree and fighting, working with high school kids, the personal things he\u2019s had, and then obviously such a storied MMA career being a two-weight, two-division champion. He was a champion in Strikeforce, a champion in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p id=\"T6k1yV\">\u201cWhat more can you say about a guy like that with that kind of track record?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cormier fought valiantly in his final fight with Miocic, which saw him slip to 1-2 in a three-fight series with the champion, but the judges&#8217; didn&#8217;t score the fight his way. While he was understandably disappointed with the result of his final fight, he believes Stipe Miocic <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-concedes-stipe-miocic-deserved-judges-decision-in-trilogy-fight\/\">deserved<\/a> the victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he won the fight,\u201d Cormier said on <em>DC &amp; Helwani <\/em>recently. \u201cHe did a good job and deserved to get his hand raised on that night. 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